this gas station in florida and north capital was targeted. authorities say that members took items from the store and threatened a manager with a box cutter. >> we have identified the areas they operated in over the last year, to include foggy bottom, chinatown, dupont circle, u street, adams morgan and bloomingdale. >> reporter: hate crime charges are being filed against some of the gang members for an incident that happened here at second and k streets northeast, when a homeless man was targeted. police say members took the man's clothes inside a backpack and even tap. ed to take his shoes. >> -- and even attempted to take his shoes. >> for beatings and robberies based on bias. some of these attacks included unprovoked beatings on homeless individuals in some cases as they slept. >> reporter: lanier pointed out the beatings at times were vicious and didn't stop even when the victim was defenseless. >> as a group, they would attack and viciously beat their victims, oftentimes continuing to beat and kick unconscious victims after they were do